The Study on the North Korean Defector`s Fear of Crime -Focus on the Effect of Social Isolation- = The Study on the North Korean Defector`s Fear of Crime -Focus on the Effect of Social Isolation-

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This study focuses on analysis about North Korean defector`s fear of crime. The number of North Korean defector who flee from their home country is getting increase and now this phenomenon is emerged as the social and international issue. The most important thing related to the this situation, is their adaptation to new circumstance and society, South Korea. In this respect study of fear of crime, integration and adaptation to the South Korea is a critical and relevant issue on the area of deviant research because social integration, or its lack, social isolation is a significant antecedent to feeling of fear. Therefore we are supposed that explanation of North Korean defector`s fear of crime must be different from the South Korean`s fear of crime, and we emphasize the effect of social isolation on fear of crime. For the analysis, we considered three theoretical arguments-vulnerability model, victimization model, and social isolation model and then tested the several hypothesis. The findings of regression analysis are followed: ``gender`` variable is statistically significant like most of previous results of fear of crime. And direct victimization is also statistically significant. And ‘social isolation` indicator also significantly effects on fear of crime. All three model are significant, but the most important and interesting thing is that the effect of ‘social isolation` is highest among other variables. Through this study, we found North Korean defector` fear of crime is a strongly related to the feeling of social isolation.